A modern utility knife blade with a dark gray textured handle and a silver metal pivot screw, shown against a plain white background.

Bastion No. 01 · Founder's Edition

The Bastion Legend. Numbered. Serialized. Made to carry.

The inaugural artifact from Bastion Collective. The 45° silhouette, engineered to be held, carried, and handed down.

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510
Units in run
170
Per finish
$350
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Designed by father & son
The Bastion Legend. Numbered. Serialized. Made to carry.

Three finishes · One run · 170 of each

510 serialized units. 3 unique finishes.

More about the artifact
26G 170 / 170
A modern utility knife blade with a dark gray textured handle and a silver metal pivot screw, shown against a plain white background. 26G
Glassbead
A matte, near-white blasted finish. Reads softest of the three.
26A 170 / 170
A black tactical replacement blade with a textured finish, featuring a serrated edge, a recessed handle slot, and a silver pivot screw, shown against a plain white background. 26A
Stonewashed
A broken-in, worked-surface finish. Middle of the lightness axis.
26B 170 / 170
Black PVD 26B
Black PVD
A deep, uniform black coating. The quietest of the three.

Anatomy · Bastion No. 01

45° is the angle of intent.

FIG. 01 / 04A modern utility knife blade with a dark gray textured handle and a silver metal pivot screw, shown against a plain white background.
A45° primary geometry BFrame lock · titanium spring CThumb-stud · ambidextrous DLanyard port
Knife length, open
8.13 in
Blade length
2.86 in
Handle
6AL-4V Titanium
Mechanism
Frame lock
Weight
5.15 oz
Make
Taiwan · by hand

The Thesis

A numbered artifact, not a mass product.

Bastion Collective exists to release a small number of well-made carry objects, each built to survive use and hold its own as an object. Every artifact is numbered. Every release is finite. No restocks on closed editions.

The Bastion Legend is the inaugural release. BASTION NO. 01 is its permanent designation. The Founder's Edition is its first and only run at this size, in this packaging, under this framing.

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BKC-MERCH-01 $8.99
Sticker set
The rose mark in black, white, and holographic. Random three-pack, or the full eight-sticker archive.
BKC-MERCH-02 $5.99
Metal rose pin
The rose mark as a raised enamel and antique-metal pin. Roughly 20 by 25 mm.
BKC-MERCH-03 $45
Founders Club tee
Heavyweight cotton. White screen print on black. Custom fit.